CALGARY, ALBERTA – Hockey Canada announced the roster of 22 players named to Canada's National Women’s
Under-22 Team on Sunday. Canada’s National Under-22 Team will be facing the U.S. National Under-22 Team
in a three-game series (August 25, 26 and 28) in Lake Placid, NY and Burlington, VT.

The roster announcement comes after a seven-day development camp attended by forty-four of top under-22
aged players in Canada which was held in Waterloo, ON. The team is composed of 14 returning players
from the 2002-03 squad and eight rookies (Kehler, Bonhomme, Goguen, Matthews, Agosta, Harbec, Jones, Marin).
One of the 14 returning players is Meaghan Mikkelson, sister of Gold medal winning U18 summer team member
Brendan Mikkleson. Also, of the 14 returning players, one player, Apps is a two-time member of the
Under 22 Squad (2002-03 & 2003-04) and 2 players, McArthur and Walton are three-time members of the Under
22 Squad having participated from 2001--04.

Head Coach Peter Smith and assistant coaches Lisa MacDonald and Barry Medori selected the team with the
assistance of Wally Kozak, Hockey Canada’s Women’s Program Head Scout. Over the course of the 2003-04
season, Kozak oversaw a team of scouts and attended games, tournaments and championships all over North
America, including but not limited to, the Esso Nationals, CIS Nationals and the NWHL.

Canada’s National Women’s Under-22 Program was launched by Hockey Canada during the 1998-1999 season. The
program provides female hockey players under the age of 22 with an opportunity to be evaluated against the
best Under 22 players in Canada. The program also provides the players with an opportunity to gain
international experience which includes playing on a bigger ice surface, high performance coaching,
international travel and different playing styles and systems. The Under-22 program identifies and
evaluates players that potentially will move on to Canada’s National Women’s team and/or Women’s Olympic team
in the future.